Saturday, September 15, 2012

Anti Christ (2009)

This movie is not good! Obviously by the name its meant to
scare you. But unfortunately this movie does not.

Willem Dafoe is an amazing actor and he does nothing but a
superb job in this film. Its amazing to watch such a master of character play
this role. Dafoe is a theropist dealing with his grieving wife after losing
their son who jumped out their apartment window as a toddler. Dafoe ties to council
his wife Gainsbourg by giving her a ful-time therapy session.

The film doesn’t make you very comfortable about anything.
Lars von Trier does have a unique voice through this piece. Therapy, nature,
despair & guilt all play large roles in Trier’s work and this film is no
different.

If you enjoy artistic films and wonderful cinematography
then you’ll enjoy this film. The camera work is wonderful. It makes the
audience wonder “how did he capture these images like this?”

Bottom five. This film is depressing and leaves you with
very little to take away. Don’t watch this unless you have nothing better to do
or feel like beating up on yourself.